It doesn't have to be new to Disney, just maybe something I haven't thought of doing before.
Tell us more about you.. What are you looking for? It's hard to throw out meaningful ideas w/o having an idea of what would be fun for you. What about the current planning is not inspiring you? When did you go last, how often, what do you like to do there, what did you do last time that was new, has everyone in your party gone as often as you, etc...
We are a party of 8. Myself and my husband and our three kids (10, 8, and 5), my parents and my sister (in a wheelchair with mental and physical disabilities). We have been there 3 different years (within the past 6) as this same group. My parents and sister travel there at least 2 to 4 times a year. I am looking something that we can do together as a family. This rules out most tours (we've done Behind the Seeds) due to age or mobility restrictions. I was thinking about an Illuminations cruise, but am unsure of that due to the wheelchair/transfer issues. Last time, we did the Pirates and Pals Fireworks Voyage, Frozen Summer of Fun package, PL, BBB, and pretty much every character meal (Chef Mickey's, Garden Grill, BOG (2X dinner and 2X lunch), CRT, Akershus, CP, 1900 PF breakfast and dinner, Tusker House, and 'Ohana breakfast. We've also done Splitsville.
We last went (the same party members) this summer and were there for 2 weeks and then another 2 weeks. The planning for that trip was very exciting and we had such a great time. Maybe I'm ust afraid that this time won't be as magical. I've got Star Wars breakfast and dinner and Mickey's Backyard BBQ booked. We've chosen not to do HDDR and the Luau.
There are 4 theme parks 2 water parks, DTD (DS?), 2 mini golfs, and 30 resorts, hundreds or rides and shows. If you have done it all, then IDK what to tell you.The La Nouba show is great. Bowling at DTD is fun, New lion King show....
There is also Universal, Seaworld, Busch Gardens,
Legoland, Fun Spot, many things on Irlo Bronson and I-Drive. the beach is close, fishing, cruises, and air boat rides.
What haven't you done? For all we know you haven't gone on Big Thunder, so that is new to you. Just saying what is new leaves it open too much.
I'm not saying we've done it all, I'm just trying to find something new that we can all enjoy. For instance, we've never been to the waterparks. I know my kids would love them, but it isn't practical to visit them with my sister due to her physical and medical issues.
We went through that a bit on our last trip.
We ended up:
Renting a boat at POR and taking a trip up and down the Sassagoula.
Going to La Nouba
Trying some of the different restaurants we'd never experienced.
Attending the Christmas party at MK.
Sometimes just changing up the way you tour can freshen things up. We would ALWAYS start in Tomorrowland when we visited MK, and work our way around the park counter-clockwise. Last trip we started in Adventureland and went the other way. It was great!
Maybe that is part of the problem, we always do things the same way! I'll have to make more of an effort to change the little things like touring.
Without more info about what you've already done, is second the recommendation to rent a pontoon boat in DTD-- it's a lot of fun.
Have you gone to HDDR? Lots if family fun there. Dinner at California Grill may be nice, too, because you can watch MK fireworks from the roof of the Contemporary.
Depending on the size if your party, you can rent a golf cart at Fort Wilderness.
I like the idea of renting a boat, but are they accessible for a wheelchair?
We have not done HDDR, but we decided to do Mickey's Backyard BBQ this time instead. I've thought about Cali Grill, but I'm not sure how the kids would do waiting to eat until so late. I also don't know how special the fireworks would be from up there, because we had a room at BLT this summer that overlooked MK, and so we watched fireworks many nights from our room.
Just a thought. If you are not really looking forward to the trip is there something else you can do instead of Disney?
There are a lot of places that I love and do many times over the years but once I don't look forward to it as much I start looking elsewhere for a year or two and then go back to my "favorite places".
I don't really have the money to go someplace else this year....I know that may sound odd, but we have APs just for the year, so the tickets were paid for last summer, and my parents will get the room for us using their vacation club points. So, all we need to pay for is food which will consist of basically one meal eating out each day (and the rest in the room) and transportation (we drive, so a couple hundred for gas).
